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BECAUSE A MAN IS GOOD TO LOOK AT DOES
NOT MEAN HE IS EFFEMINATE
Ted Shawn as he appears in his famous Egyption dance. He argue
hat dancing is sexless and that the male dancer will in a few years be
received with as much popular approval as the woman artist.
line of distinction -which must beap
proached but passed only at the peril
of the passer.
BY TED SHAWN
Famous Classic Dancer and Dancing
Partner of Ruth St. Denis, His Wife
America demands masculinity
more than art The male dancer is
due to succeed in America. Only the
male possesses the required amount
of masculinity faithfully to interpret
the male dance.
The most' perfect man is the man
who is 51-per cent masculine and 49
per cent feminine. There is a fine
In turn the woman should be 49
per cent masculine and 51 per cent
feminine.
The man who is all masculine is
the creature who wears the roughest
boots, spits tobacco juice the farthest
and who Js the most hrutal and un-f
Lcouth.
On the other hand, if a man ab
sorbs even ljer cent too much fern-
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